Re: [binarycloud-dev] food for thought: indentation

[Alex B. <en...@tu...>]

> Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters.
> There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!)
> characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to
> be 3. 

! I love this! :)

> Rationale: The whole idea behind indentation is to clearly define where
> a block of control starts and ends.  Especially when you've been looking
> at your screen for 20 straight hours, you'll find it a lot easier to see
> how the indentation works if you have large indentations.

Ok, yes this is true.

> Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes
> the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a
> 80-character terminal screen.  The answer to that is that if you need
> more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix
> your program. 

yes, I love this even more!

> In short, 8-char indents make things easier to read, and have the added
> benefit of warning you when you're nesting your functions too deep.
> Heed that warning.

heheh..

so, I think this:

-I like using /t (tab) because you can set it to be displayed however you
like it. I prefer flexibility.

but I agree bigtime with the "if you're nested more than 3 down, you're
screwed: don't do it.

:)

_a



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